List of Pashtuns
The following is an incomplete list of notable Pashtuns.[1] The list includes those born to parents who are both Pashtuns and those who have mixed Pashtun ancestry. Pashtun people are usually defined as predominantly an Eastern Iranian people, who use Pashto, an eastern Iranic language, as their first language, and live in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They are those who practice Pashtunwali. This is the generally accepted academic view.
Rulers and generals
- Abdur Rahman Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
- Ahmad Shah Durrani – founding father of Afghanistan
- Abdul Aziz Hotak – the second ruler of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty
- Afzal Khan – 17th century Adil Shahi general
- Akbar Khan – Emir of Afghanistan
- Ali Mohammed Khan – Rohilla chieftain
- Amanullah Khan – Ghazi of the Third Anglo-Afghan War and King of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929
- Amir Khan – Nawab of Tonk
- Ashraf Hotaki – Shah of Persia from 1725 to 1729 and the fourth ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
- Ayub Shah – Afghan king
- Azim Khan Barakzai – Barakzai noble and governor of Kashmir
- Azad Khan Afghan
- Daud Khan Panni – Mughal general
- Daud Khan Rohilla
- Daulat Khan Lodhi
- Diler Khan – 17th century Mughal general
- Dost Muhammad of Bhopal – Nawab of Bhopal
- Dost Mohammad Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the 19th century
- Habibullah Khan – King/Emir of Afghanistan
- Haibat Khan Niazi – Commander of Niazi contingent of Sher Shah Suri's army and Governor of Punjab
- Hafiz Rahmat Khan – Rohilla Chieftain
- Hamid Khan Lodhi – founder of Lodhi dynasty of Multan after end of Arab rule in 961 A.D
- Hamidullah Khan – last Nawab of former Bhopal state in India
- Hussain Hotaki – last ruler of the Hotaki dynasty at Kandahar
- Inayatullah Khan – Afghan king
- Isa Khan Niazi – Masnad-e-Aali in reign of Sher Shah Suri shafqat zaman
- Khawas Khan Marwat – general of Sher Shah Suri
- Khushal Khan Khattak – Pahtun chief
- Mahmud Hotaki – Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725 and the third ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
- Mahmud Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan in the 18th century
- Miangul Jahan Zeb – last Wali of Swat
- Mirwais Hotak – founder of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty in Kandahar
- Mohammad Akbar Khan – Afghan prince and warrior
- Mohammad Ayub Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the 19th century
- Muhammad Habib Khan Tarin – Nawab, Chieftain and cavalry officer
- Muhammad Khan Bangash – founder of Farrukhabad state in the early 18th century
- Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli – ruled the state of Amb from 1907 to 1936
- Mohammad Nadir Shah – King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933
- Mohammad Yaqub Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
- Mohammed Zahir Shah – the last king of Afghanistan, who reigned for 40 years
- Muhammad Mahabat Khan III – last Nawab of Junagarh (defunct title)
- Najabat Khan – Pashtun Nawab
- Najib ad-Dawlah – Rohilla chieftain
- Najib-ul-Daula – Nawab of Rohilla
- Nasrullah Khan
- Nawab Muzaffar Khan – Durrani Nawab of Multan
- Shah Shujah Durrani (Sadozai) – former king of Afghanistan
- Sher Shah Suri – Afghan King of India
- Timur Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan, the second ruler of the Durrani Empire
- Zabita Khan – Rohilla chieftain
- Arbab karam khan kasi – nawab of kasi tribe
- Zain Khan Sirhindi – Durrani general
- Zaman Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan
- Khwaja Usman – Mughal opponent, Baro-Bhuyan chieftain
Activists
- Abdul Ghaffar Khan- Founder of Khudai Khidmatgaar and non violent movement.
- Abdur Rab Nishtar – Pakistan movement activist
- Naseer Ahmed Khan – tribal chief and social activist of Baluchistan, Pakistan
- Zari Sarfaraz – noted Pakistani political activist and social worker
- Malala Yousafzai – Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Sania Nishtar – Pakistani medical doctor and health activist
- Abdullah Nangyal – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Alamgir Wazir – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Alamzaib Mahsud – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Ali Wazir – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Arfa Siddiq – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Arif Wazir – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Arman Loni – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Bushra Gohar – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Fazal Khan – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Gilaman – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Gulalai Ismail – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Hanif Pashteen – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Jamal Malyar – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Jamila Gilani – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Manzoor Pashteen – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Mir Kalam – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Mohsin Dawar – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Mulla Behram – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Nadeem Askar – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Nargis Khattak – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Said Alam – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Sanna Ejaz – human rights activist in Pakistan
- Wranga Loni – human rights activist in Pakistan
Ambassadors and Diplomats
- Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
- Abdus Salim Khan – noted civil servant and of India and Pakistan
- Ashraf Jehangir Qazi – former Pakistani ambassador to the US
- Mohammad Yunus – Indian diplomat
- Waliullah Kheshgi - former Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- Shahryar Khan – ex-Pakistani Foreign Secretary and Chairman PCB
- Zalmai Rassoul – Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
- Zalmay Khalilzad – United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq and Afghanistan
Artist
Business
- Gholam Serwar Nasher – president of Spinzar Cotton Company
- Humayun Saifullah Khan – Pakistani industrialist
- Kulsum Saifullah – late Pakistani businesswoman
- Shaukat Tarin – Pakistani banker
- Suhail Galadari – Khaleej Times
- Maula Nazar - Nazar Group (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Middle East and the UK)
- Javed Afridi- CEO Haier Pakistan / Peshawer Zalmi (Cricket Franchise) owner
Cosmonaut
- Abdul Ahad Mohmand – first Afghan cosmonaut
Scientist
- Abdul Qadeer Khan – nuclear scientist, Pakistan
- Shah Mahmood Nazar - Researcher in Information Security
Military leaders
- Abbas Khattak – retired general of Pakistan
- Abdul Waheed Kakar – former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff
- Abdul Rahim Wardak – Defense Minister of Afghanistan
- Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi – former Lieutenant General in Pakistan Army
- Asad Durrani – Pakistani general
- Gul Hassan Khan – former Lieutenant General of Pakistan Army
- Hamid Gul – Pakistani general and Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during the Soviet-Afghan war
- Hamid Gul – Lieutenant-General – Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
- Imran Ullah Khan – retired Lieutenant General of Pakistan Army
- Iqbal Khan Jadoon – retired general of Pakistan Army
- Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed – Pakistan Army Officer
- Mohammad Dawran – Commander of the Afghan Air Force
- Naseerullah Babar – retired general of Pakistan Army
- Rahimuddin Khan – retired general of Pakistan Army
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan – Pakistani army officer and diplomat
Journalists
- Saleem Safi – Pakistani journalist
- Rahimullah Yusufzai – famous Pakistani journalist
- Reham Khan – ex-wife of Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan Niazi
Writers and poets
- Abid Ullah Jan
- Abdul Ghani Khan – Pashtun poet from Pakistan
- Ahmad Faraz – Urdu poet from Kohat Pakhtunkhwa
- Akhtar Sheerani – Indo-Pakistani poet
- Josh Malihabadi – Pakistani poet
- Khatir Afridi – Pashtun poet from Pakistan
- Munir Niazi – noted Pakistani poet
- Nazo Tokhi – Afghan poetess and matriarch of Hotak dynasty
- Pareshan Khattak – Pakistani scholar and writer
- Rahman Baba Mohmand – Pashtun poet from Peshawar, Pakistan
- Rahmat Shah Sail – Pashtun poet from Pakistan
- Tahir Dawar – Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet
- Mohammad Yousuf Azraq – Afghan writer
Scholars
- Ahmed Raza Khan – Islamic scholar
- Mufti Mahmood – Pakistani Islamic scholar and political activist
- Muhammad Muhsin Khan – Pakistani Islamic scholar
- Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman Tanoli – Chairman Royat e Hilal comeity Pakistan
- Sardar Mohammad Khan – Pakistani scholar of linguistics
Religion
- Zubair Ali Zai – Pakisani cleric
- Haris Tarin – American/Afghan Muslim leader
- Mohammad Asef Rahimi (Bangash) – in Afghanistan
- Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman Tanoli – chairmain of Ruet-e-Hilal committee Pakistan
- Pir Roshan – medieval Sufi, Pashto poet, and revolutionary leader
- Nouman Ali khan – An American Islamic scholar who was listed among 500 influential Muslims in 2014
Freedom fighter
- Faqir of Ipi – tribal leader and guerrilla fighter from Waziristan
- Malalai of Maiwand – Pashtun warrior lady and freedom fighter from Kandahar
- Mulla Powinda – tribal leader and guerrilla fighter from Waziristan
- Palay Khan – freedom fighter from present-day Balochistan's Pashtun belt
Politicians
- Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE – British-Indian magistrate, politician and philanthropist
- Abdul Hai Habibi – historian and politician in Afghanistan
- Abdul Haq – political figure in Afghanistan who was killed by the Taliban in late 2001
- Abdul Jabbar Naeemi – politician in Afghanistan
- Abdul Rasul Sayyaf – politician in Afghanistan
- Abdul Qadir – politician in Afghanistan until his death in 2002
- Abdul Zahir – politician in Afghanistan during the 1970s
- Afrasiab Khattak – politician in Pakistan
- Aftab Ahmad Sherpao – politician in Pakistan
- Afzal Khan Lala – Pashtun politician from Swat Pakhtunkhwa
- Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani – politician in Afghanistan
- Ajmal Khattak – Pashtun politician and poet from Akora Khatak Pakhtunkhwa
- Afzal Bangash – Pashtun Marxist political activist from Pakistan
- Akram Khan Durrani – politician in Pakistan
- Anwar Saifullah Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Anwar Kamal Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Arbab Jehangir Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Ali Ahmad Jalali – politician in Afghanistan
- Ali Khan Jadoon – Member National Assembly NA 16 (Abbottabad) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
- Ali Kuli Khan Khattak – retired Pakistani army general
- Allah Nazar Dastukhel - Chief of All Afghanistan Kuchi Tribes, Leading Businessman, Member of Afghan Parliament, Philanthropist
- Amanullah Khan Jadoon – politician in Pakistan
- Amirzai Sangin – politician in Afghanistan
- Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri – Pakistani politician
- Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, politician in Afghanistan
- Asadullah Khalid – politician in Afghanistan
- Assadullah Wafa – politician in Afghanistan
- Asfandyar Wali Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Asfand Yar Khan Kakar – politician in Pakistan
- Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai – President of Afghanistan; former Finance Minister of Afghanistan
- Asyia Naz Tanoli – politician in Pakistan from Attock
- Aslam Khattak – politician in Pakistan
- Ayub Khan – former Pakistani President
- Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai
- Akbar Ayub Khan – MPA from Haripur district, NWFP/KP, Pakistan
- Ameer Haider Khan Hoti Politician and Former CM of KP
- Babar Nawaz Khan – Pakistani politician from Haripur
- Daud Shah Saba – politician in Afghanistan
- Din Mohammad – politician in Afghanistan
- Delbar Jan Arman – politician in Afghanistan
- Farid Salahuddin Khan Tanoli – Pakistani politician from Mansehra
- Farhatullah Babar – politician in Pakistan
- Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman – politician in Pakistan
- Gohar Nawaz Khan – politician in Pakistan from Haripur
- Gul Agha Sherzai – politician in Afghanistan
- Gholam Nabi Nasher – parliamentarian
- Ghulam Farooq Wardak – politician in Afghanistan
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Bangash) – former President of Pakistan
- Ghulam Muhammad – politician in Pakistan
- Gohar Ayub Khan – politician in Pakistan; son of former President Ayub Khan
- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar – politician and warlord from Afghanistan
- Habibullah Khan Tarin – ex-Speaker if NWFP/KP Assembly
- Hayat Sherpao – politician in Pakistan
- Khan Habibullah Khan (Marwat) (Former Chairman of the Senate, Pakistan)
- Hafizullah Amin
- Hakim Taniwal – politician in Afghanistan
- Hamid Karzai – President of Afghanistan since 2001
- Hamidullah Qalandarzai – politician in Afghanistan
- Hedayat Amin Arsala – politician in Afghanistan who previously worked for World Bank
- Imran Khan Niazi – politician and former cricket player of Pakistan
- Inayatullah Khan Gandapur – Pakistani politician and tribal elder from DI Khan area
- Muhammad Iqbal Khan Jadoon – former Chief Minister NWFP
- Ishaq Khan Khakwani (Khugyani) – politician in Pakistan
- Jahandad Khan Tanoli – politician and Nawab of Amb.
- Jan Mohammad Khan – politician in Afghanistan until his death in 2011
- Jehangir Khan Tareen – Pakistani businessman and politician
- Juma Khan Hamdard – politician in Afghanistan
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Khan Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar – politician in Pakistan
- Khan Abdul Wali Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Khan Habibullah Khan (Marwat) – politician in Pakistan
- Kabir Stori – President of Pashtoon Social Democratic Party
- Lutfullah Mashal – politician in Afghanistan
- Mahmood Khan Achakzai – politician in Pakistan
- Mahmud Tarzi – politician and pioneer of journalism in Afghanistan in the early 20th century
- Maulana Kausar Niazi – politician in Pakistan
- Maulana Mohammad Ali – Indian political leader
- Meraj Muhammad Khan – Pakistani politician
- Mir Afzal Khan – Pakistani politician and ex-CM of NWFP/KP
- Misbah Ul-Haq Khan Niazi – Pakistani cricketer
- Mohammad Akbar Barakzai – politician in Afghanistan
- Mohammad Ashraf Naseri – politician in Afghanistan
- Mohammad Gulab Mangal – politician
- Mohammed Najibullah – Afghan president
- Muhammad Ali Khan Mohmand – politician in Pakistan
- Musa Khan Ahmadzai – politician in Afghanistan
- Mohammed Daoud Khan – President of Afghanistan from 1973 to 1978
- Muhammad Azhar Jadoon – Pakistani politician
- Nawab Muhammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai – Pakistani Politician and Nawab of Pashtoon
- Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed khan Tanoli – Pakistani politician and last Nawab of Amb
- Noor Mohammad Taraki – former president of Afghanistan
- Omar Ayub Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Omar Zakhilwal – politician in Afghanistan
- Pacha Khan Zadran – politician in Afghanistan
- Pervez Khattak – politician in Pakistan
- Qalandar Momand – member of the Communist Party of Pakistan
- Qazi Hussain Ahmad – politician in Pakistan
- Rasool Sayyaf – Taliban leader
- Roedad Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Roohul Amin – politician in Afghanistan
- Salim Saifullah Khan – Pakistani industrialist and politician
- Sardar Bahadur Khan – Pakistani politician
- Shuja Khanzada – Pakistani ex-army colonel and politician
- Taj Mohammad Wardak – politician in Afghanistan
- Toryalai Wesa – politician in Afghanistan
- Usman Kakar – politician in Pakistan
- Yousef Pashtun – politician in Afghanistan
- Yousuf Ayub Khan – Pakistani businessman and politician
- Yusuf Khattak – Pakistani politician
- Zabihullah Mojaddidy – politician in Afghanistan
- Zakir Hussain
Music
- Abdul Wahid Khan
- Ahmad Zahir – Afghan musician
- Adnan Sami – singer
- Farhad Darya – Afghan musician
- Gul Panra – singer from Peshawar, Pakistan
- Irfan Khan – Pashtun singer who sings in different languages
- Majrooh Sultanpuri – poet and song lyricist
- Mirwais Ahmadzai – Afghan-Italian pop musician in Europe
- Naghma – Afghan musician
- Naim Popal – Afghan musician
- Naser Mestarihi – singer of Pakistani descent in Qatar
- Nashenas – Afghan musician
- Natasha Khan – singer of Pakistani descent in UK (Bat for Lashes)
- Nazia Iqbal – Pakistani singer
- Zarsanga – Pakistani folksinger
- Zeb Bangash – singer
- Zeba Bakhtiar – famous actress from Pakistan who has also worked in Bollywood
- Zeek Afridi – singer from Peshawar
- Rahim Shah – Pashtun singer from Pakistan
- Ghulam Ali Khan – famous classical music maestro
Cinema
Actors
- Akbar Khan Tanoli – director and actor in Bollywood
- Amjad Khan – Bollywood actor
- Aamir Khan – Bollywood actor
- Fardeen Khan – actor
- Fawad Khan – actor and model
- Feroz Khan – Indian actor
- Gul Hamid – actor/director
- Ismail Shahid – Pakistani actor/comedian
- Jamal Shah – Pakistani actor
- Kader Khan – Indian actor and screenwriter
- Mansoor Aslam Khan Niazi (Sami Khan)
- Mian Badar Munir – actor and filmstar
- Qavi Khan – actor in Pakistan
- Saif Ali Khan – actor of Bollywood, India
- Salim Khan – Indian actor and screenwriter
- Salman Khan – Indian actor
- Shah Rukh Khan – Indian actor
- Sudhir – Pakistani actor, real name Shah Zaman Afridi
- Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan – actor
Actress
- Armeena Khan – actress from Pakistan
- Ayesha Khan – actress from Pakistan
- Madhubala – actress
- Marina Khan – actress
- Parveen Babi – actress
- Sara Ali Khan – Indian actress
- Soha Ali Khan – Indian actress
- Shamim Bano – Indian and Pakistani actress
- Zareen Khan – Indian actress
Sports
- Abdul Wahid Durrani – former Pakistani soccer player
- Asadullah Khan – member of the Afghanistan national cricket team
- Hashim Khan – former squash player from Pakistan
- Hayatullah Khan Durrani – Pride-of-Performance and Pakistani Caving Legend.
- Hiddy Jahan – squash player from Pakistan
- Irfan Pathan – Indian cricketer
- Jahangir Khan – champion squash player from Pakistan
- Jahangir Khan (cricketer) – senior Indo-Pakistani cricketer
- Jansher Khan – champion squash player
- Javed Burki – Pakistani cricketer
- Saleh Mohammed – snooker player
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – Indian nobleman and cricket captain
- Maria Toorpakai Wazir – ace squash player from Pakistan
- Muhammad Essa – Pakistani soccer player
- Shahid Afridi – Pakistani cricketer
- Umar Gul – Pakistani cricketer
- Younis Khan – Pakistani cricketer
- Yusuf Pathan – Indian Cricketer
- Qamar Zaman – former squash player from Pakistan
Other
- Amir Kror Suri – Legendary king from the Ghor region in Afghanistan
- Dil Jan Khan – former President of International Narcotics Control Board in Pakistan
- Malik Saad (Bangash) – IG Police (KPK) Pakistan
- Mohammad Ishaq Aloko – Attorney General of Afghanistan
- Safwat Ghayur – Pakistani police officer and martyr
- Shakil Afridi – Pakistani medical doctor and CIA agent
- Sultan Ahmed Khan Tarin – 'Comrade Sultan' , early Indo-Pakistani Communist
- Umra Khan – so-called 'Napoleon of Pathans'
- Y. Misdaq
- Zahira Zahir – Afghan-American hairstylist and cosmetologist
- Zeshan Zafar Yousafzai – Technical Engineer/ Structure Analyst & Designer/ Civil Engineering Technologist Belong to Mardan, KPK Pakistan]]
References
- History and Origin of Pashtuns Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
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